The gist of pipa

Pipa Travel expresses the poet's sigh over the desolate world and tragic social reality. The poet expressed sympathy for the fate of the unfortunate and the poet's feelings for his own frustration through the tragic life experience of the pipa girl. While expressing his deep affection, he also profoundly revealed the tragic fate of women in feudal society.

The Creative Background of Pipa Xing

Pipa Travel was written in the eleventh year of Yuanhe, when Bai Juyi had been demoted to Jiangzhou Sima for two years. Bai Juyi advocated severely punishing the murderer because of the assassination of Prime Minister Wu and suggestion Pei Du. He was made an excuse by the powerful people in the DPRK who had offended him before, saying that Bai Juyi was "good at overstepping his authority" and demoted Bai Juyi to Jiangzhou as a Sima. One day two years after Bai Juyi was demoted to Jiangzhou Sima, Bai Juyi happened to meet a pipa girl. Because of the rough life experience of pipa girl, Bai Juyi thought of herself and felt depressed. Finally, he created the singing method of Pipa Xing.

Xing, author of Pipa Xing

The author of Pipa Xing is Bai Juyi, a great realistic poet in the Tang Dynasty, whose name is Xiangshan Jushi. Bai Juyi was called "Bai Yuan" by the world because he advocated the new Yuefu movement with Yuan Zhen. Bai Juyi's poems have a wide range of themes, and his language is simple and popular. He is called "Poet Magic" and "Poet King".